Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED, Marine Exchange of Southern California. (Total vessels of all types within 25 miles of port, plus those waiting outside specially designated Safety and Air Quality Areas.) Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios
ATLANTIC BEACH — The Atlantic Beach Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a resolution that allows the town public services department to apply for a state Water Resources Development Project Grant to dredge crucial navigation channels. The council met for its monthly regular session in the meeting room in the town hall off Highway 58…. Read More
The restoration of McCoys Creek with NOAA funds is creating fish habitat and recreational space for community members. It also takes 150 homes out of the flood zone. NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation doesn’t restore habitat that only benefits fish and other marine species: Our work also supports and protects local communities. One example is an… Read More
Lives and coastal communities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were changed forever on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, taking the lives of 11 workers and releasing an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days. Scientists at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM)… Read More
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there. The proposed shipping terminal itself enjoys widespread support. It would bring thousands of jobs back to… Read More
The Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation has announced the completion of remediation efforts to remove significant sediment deposits along the Crow’s Nest area of the East Shore of Lake Wawasee. The sediment was deposited as a result of shoreline development activities beginning in 2021 that were not properly permitted by state and local authorities. Working in… Read More
